Dispur, October 20: Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma today sent a letter to his West
Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee requesting her intervention for a thorough investigation into
the circumstances surrounding the death Faizan Ahmed, an IIT Kharagpur student from Tinsukia,
Assam.
It may be noted that Faizan Ahmed, from Assam’s Tinsukia district who was an IIT
Kharagpur third year mechanical engineering student was found dead in his hostel room on 14
October. His parents on observing his body filed a case with the local police in Kharagpur
requesting the Superintending of Police, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal and Inspector-in-charge
of Kharagpur (Town) Police Station for an investigation.
In view of this, Chief Minister Dr. Sarma sent a request letter to his West Bengal
counterpart Mamata Banerjee for her intervention to carry out a thorough investigation to unearth
the truth leading to the death of the bright student whose untimely death has caused a deep sense of
grief across the state.
